Agostini Takes Over as Mount Greylock Football Coach

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The 2015 Mount Greylock football squad will be under the wing of a new coach this season, one who is a familiar face to the Mounties.

 

Andrew Agostini is an alumnus of Mount Greylock and a four-year member of the football team from 2002-2005. He’s been involved with the team since he graduated high school, helping during preseason before heading off to Northfield Mount Hermon where he played football in 2006.

 

In 2011, after graduating college from Clark University with a degree in history, Agostini returned to his hometown of Williamstown. He spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons as an assistant football coach at St. Joseph in Pittsfield and in 2013 he returned to Mount Greylock as an assistant for the past two seasons.

 

“I’ve been coaching at Mount Greylock for the past few years, I played here and can remember coming up to the games with my father when I was young,” he said. “This team, the school, and the respective communities have always been important to me, this was a dream opportunity.”

 

The Mounties had a down season in 2014, unlike previous years where they have qualified for Western Mass and brought home three straight Superbowl titles with coach Shawn Flaherty.

 

“There were a number of issues that contributed to that,” Agostini said. “We are going to be doing some different things offensively and defensively, and these will take time to install. We’re going to take it day-by-day, practice-by-practice and get a little bit better every time we hit the field.”

 

Agostini, who has spent the past two seasons with this squad is no newcomer; he is well aware of the team's history, as are the players. 

 

“They’re ready to contribute to it, they are enthusiastic and are ready to get rolling,” he said. “There is a nice mix of older and younger players, as well as a nice mix of abilities that they players bring to the field; it’s going to be a fun season.”

 

Aside from Agostini’s new role out on the football field, he spends his days at Mount Greylock as a paraprofessional and is working toward a master's degree in history. He previously taught at St. Joe from 2011-14.

 

The former Mounties linebacker is looking forward to the future of the program and getting started coming mid-August.

 

“The alumni have always been supportive of this program, you’ll always see a lot of them at our games, old and young,” he said. “It’s important for the current players to see that, knowing that former players they watched when they were younger come to cheer them on; it’s fun when it’s your turn to play under the lights on Friday night.”